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There probably are many riders who do not "read their horse properly", 
including myself at times.  I believe it would be cruel to punish a rider 
for lack of being able to read his horse properly at all times.  Sometimes 
it can't be done.  The only riders that should be taken into consideration 
are the ones who are so determined to win that they will do so at the 
horses' expense.  There are very few of those, I believe, and since there 
are so few, why punish at all?  Must we "punish" riders for lack of 
knowledge, or for bad luck on a particular ride?  Somehow, this smacks of a 
sense of superiority, as in "I will never do that to MY horse!"  I think 
something disastrous could happen to any rider, at any time, through no 
fault of their own.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Weary DC" <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Ridecamp'" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:45 PM
Subject: [RC] 30 Min Rule


>    Jim Holland has long suggested that the path to compliance and thus 
> greater horse welfare is through punishment. The type of punishment that 
> will drive the point home, embarrass the rider publicly in his chosen 
> hobby, and make him think twice about mis-treating his horse, whether 
> deliberately, or simply through "not reading him" properly, as Jim claims 
> he can do. His proposed rules are as follows:



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